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    A newly identified c.1824_1828dupATACG mutation in exon 13 of the GAA gene in infantile-onset glycogen storage disease type II (Pompe disease)

    Pompe disease or glycogen storage disease type II is a glycogen storage disorder associated with malfunction of the acid α-glucosidase enzyme (GAA; EC.3.2.1.3) leading to intracellular aggregations of glycogenin ...

    Omid Aryani, Masoumeh Dehghan Manshadi, Mahdi Tondar in Molecular Biology Reports (2014)

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    Fifteen novel mutations in the mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1, 2, 3, 4, 4L, 5 and 6 genes from Iranian patients with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)

    Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an optic nerve dysfunction resulting from mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is transmitted in a maternal pattern of inheritance. It is caused by three ...

    Zahra Rezvani, Elmira Didari, Ahoura Arastehkani in Molecular Biology Reports (2013)

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    Association of fibroblast growth factor (FGF-21) as a biomarker with primary mitochondrial disorders, but not with secondary mitochondrial disorders (Friedreich Ataxia)

    Mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies are a group of more than 100 disorders of adults and children, with highly variable phenotypes. The high prevalence of mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) urges the cli...

    Mohammad Hossein Salehi, Behnam Kamalidehghan in Molecular Biology Reports (2013)

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    Novel nucleotide changes in mutational analysis of mitochondrial 12SrRNA gene in patients with nonsyndromic and aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss

    Mitochondria have essential role in cellular energy metabolism and defects in their function lead to many metabolic diseases. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been associated with number diseases such ...

    Mohammad Ali Dowlati, Pupak Derakhshandeh-peykar in Molecular Biology Reports (2013)

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    RAD51 polymorphisms and breast cancer risk

    Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common causes of death among women, and second in Iran. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of RAD51 G/C polymorphism in patients with breast canc...

    Mojgan Hosseini, Massoud Houshmand, Ahmad Ebrahimi in Molecular Biology Reports (2013)